Triple

T12872831
Position Surface form Disambiguated ID Type / Status
Subject Marine Troops E307891 entity
Predicate engagement P1256 FINISHED
Object French colonial wars
The French colonial wars were a series of military conflicts from the 17th to the 20th century in which France expanded, defended, and ultimately lost its overseas empire in regions such as North America, Africa, Asia, and the Pacific.
E1005902 NE FINISHED

How this triple was built (4 steps)

Every LLM step that produced this triple, in pipeline order — named-entity classification, the disambiguation choices (the exact options shown, with the pick highlighted), and the generated description. The batch + timestamp of each is in the Provenance table below.

NER Named-entity recognition gpt-5-mini
Instruction
Given a phrase, classify it is english named entity (e.g., persons, organizations, works of art) in Latin script, or not (e.g., literals, dates, URLs, verbose phrases). For disambiguation, the statement where the phrase occurs as object is also given. Please return a JSON object with `phrase` (string, the phrase being analyzed) and `is_ne` (boolean, indicating whether the phrase is a Named Entity).
Input
Phrase: French colonial wars | Statement: [Marine Troops, engagement, French colonial wars]
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: French colonial wars
Context triple: [Marine Troops, engagement, French colonial wars]
  • A. French–Native American wars
    The French–Native American wars were a series of conflicts in North America in which various Indigenous nations allied with French colonial forces against British and other European powers over control of territory, trade, and influence.
  • B. French conquest of Algeria
    The French conquest of Algeria was a 19th-century military campaign and colonization process through which France invaded, subdued, and incorporated Algerian territory into its colonial empire, sparking long-lasting resistance and reshaping North African history.
  • C. Franco-Spanish border wars
    The Franco-Spanish border wars were a series of early modern military conflicts between France and Spain over control of frontier regions in the Pyrenees, significantly reshaping territorial boundaries and regional power in southwestern Europe.
  • D. Mali War
    The Mali War is an ongoing conflict in the West African nation of Mali involving government forces, separatist rebels, and Islamist militants, marked by insurgency, foreign military interventions, and severe humanitarian impacts.
  • E. Indochina conflicts
    The Indochina conflicts were a series of mid-20th-century wars in Southeast Asia involving decolonization struggles, Cold War rivalries, and regional power contests centered on Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.
  • F. None of above. chosen
  • G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NEDg Description generation gpt-5.1
Instruction
Generate a one-sentence description of the target entity. 
You are given a context triple in the form (subject, predicate, object), where the object is the target entity. 
# Instructions
Use the triple to infer relevant information about the entity. Describe the entity based on what is most defining, well-known. 
Avoid repeating the information from the triple, unless really essential.
# Response Format
Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the target entity]"
Input
Entity: French colonial wars
Triple: [Marine Troops, engagement, French colonial wars]
Generated description
The French colonial wars were a series of military conflicts from the 17th to the 20th century in which France expanded, defended, and ultimately lost its overseas empire in regions such as North America, Africa, Asia, and the Pacific.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: French colonial wars
Target entity description: The French colonial wars were a series of military conflicts from the 17th to the 20th century in which France expanded, defended, and ultimately lost its overseas empire in regions such as North America, Africa, Asia, and the Pacific.
  • A. French–Native American wars
    The French–Native American wars were a series of conflicts in North America in which various Indigenous nations allied with French colonial forces against British and other European powers over control of territory, trade, and influence.
  • B. French conquest of Algeria
    The French conquest of Algeria was a 19th-century military campaign and colonization process through which France invaded, subdued, and incorporated Algerian territory into its colonial empire, sparking long-lasting resistance and reshaping North African history.
  • C. Franco-Spanish border wars
    The Franco-Spanish border wars were a series of early modern military conflicts between France and Spain over control of frontier regions in the Pyrenees, significantly reshaping territorial boundaries and regional power in southwestern Europe.
  • D. Mali War
    The Mali War is an ongoing conflict in the West African nation of Mali involving government forces, separatist rebels, and Islamist militants, marked by insurgency, foreign military interventions, and severe humanitarian impacts.
  • E. Indochina conflicts
    The Indochina conflicts were a series of mid-20th-century wars in Southeast Asia involving decolonization struggles, Cold War rivalries, and regional power contests centered on Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia.
  • F. None of above. chosen

Provenance (5 batches)

The batch behind each pipeline step, in order, with when it ran. Timestamps are batch-level — stages were processed in waves, so the object chain (NER → NED1 → NEDg → NED2) reads in order, but predicate / elicitation batches can sit in a different wave.

Step Stage Batch ID Status When
creating Elicitation batch_69d7bdf69bc48190af6c2621f28ca351 completed April 9, 2026, 2:55 p.m.
NER Named-entity recognition batch_69d970f87aa48190a7234424a6badef0 completed April 10, 2026, 9:51 p.m.
NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) batch_69f69bb4b28c8190a4ec9cad4e1e0f05 completed May 3, 2026, 12:49 a.m.
NEDg Description generation batch_69f69cc60c488190a5a71e25c075e9ff completed May 3, 2026, 12:54 a.m.
NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) batch_69f69d870a588190aa1444209085ed7e completed May 3, 2026, 12:57 a.m.
Created at: April 9, 2026, 5:38 p.m.